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Ungrateful

On April 18, 2013 · 10 Comments · In nora, toddlers

Toddlers, man. Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em.

There’s always something that’s a challenge, right?

Right now, we’re dealing with a bit of a doozy. The problem? We can’t do anything nice/special for Nora without paying the price—in the form of attitude, screaming, and/or a full-fledged tantrum.

Playing outside? Awesome, but then it’s […]

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Go Fish

On April 1, 2013 · 4 Comments · In child development, nora, toddlers

When we were in California back in January, we stayed with a friend of ours, Jay. And Jay had a goldfish. Nora really liked it, and at the time, we were preparing ourselves mentally to tackle potty training. So we told Nora–when you are a big girl and go on the potty, and don’t need […]

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A Thaw

On March 13, 2013 · 2 Comments · In child development, nora, spring season, toddlers, winter season, work

Sorry for my silence so far this week, my friends. It has been a crazy busy one in my work life, so I was spending evenings putting extra hours, unfortunately. But at the end of the day today I was able to heave a big sigh of relief and hopefully life will return to some […]

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Disney on Ice

On March 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In birthdays, nora

For Christmas, one of the gifts my mom gave us was tickets for all of us (plus my brother, sister-in-law, my nephew, and herself) to see Disney on Ice together. A few weeks ago was “the day,” and we headed to the arena to see the show. Nora was psyched; she even wore her Minnie […]

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Goodbye to Nora’s Nursery

On February 24, 2013 · 5 Comments · In new house, nora, nursery, toddlers

On Friday, I let go of another piece of my “baby.”

Nora got a big girl bed. A real big girl bed.

We made the transition to a toddler bed a few months ago without issue. All we had to do was take the front off of her crib and add the toddler rail, […]

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